Re: RC: out of camp checks and ride times

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

KAren,
This does illustrate why it can be difficult to get through to an 
ultra-competitive newbie that they should take the full 6 hours when doing 
their first 25, until they learn a few things. They see the 50's taking 
less. Their first thought is "you're just trying to slow me down so you can 
beat me, I'll show you!" I have actually heard this.
This is also the crux of the problem when trying to design limited distance 
for both experienced riders & conditioned horses who want to be competitive, 
and using it as a training/teaching distance for newbie's.
Fortunately, 99% seem to figure things out just fine. It's that other 1 
that's causing all the hand wringing & gnashing of teeth.

Nancy Mitts

>From: DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>
>To: tina@liveonthenet.com, ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   out of camp checks and ride times
>Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:43:15 -0700
>
>At 01:35 PM 07/06/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>Many of our 50's routinely have top 5 ride times below the 5 hour
>>mark and several are closer to the 4 hour mark for the top few riders
>>in. Our terrain in the SE for the most part is easier than yours.
>
>So going 11+ mph on a horse doing it's second 50 is perfectly okay.  Is
>this perhaps why some regions have a lot more metabollic problems than
>others?  (just stirring the pot)
>
>I'm sure people will comment <eg>
>
>k
>
>
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